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Fierce fighting took place between the British and the Japanese and by December 16, 1941, the Japanese army had occupied the west coast of Kedah, including all the main towns.
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Fierce hand-to-hand fighting gradually forced the French towards the village centre, in and around the walled churchyard which had been prepared for defence.
Fierce fighting continued for three hours and ended without a clear winner.
Fierce fighting broke out throughout the foreign areas and railway station, and Beatty was injured by a bullet in the left arm and wrist.
Fierce fighting took place primarily in the East of Austria, especially in the streets of some outer Vienna districts, where large fortress-like municipal workers ' buildings were situated, and in the northern, industrial areas of the province of Styria, where Nazi agents had great interest in a bloodbath between security forces and workers ' militias.
Fierce fighting ensued and to avoid escalating the conflict and to press the fascist government to revoke their policy, Boqor Osman tried to open a dialogue.
Fierce fighting at Bois de l ' Herbebois continued, but the Germans managed to outflank the French defenders from Bois de Wavrille and capture the position.
Fierce fighting caused the front to move so the little village, of which most houses were shot in this period, was liberated to fall back in German hands, to be liberated again.
Fierce fighting between pro-government troops and disaffected Falintil troops broke out in May 2006.
Fierce fighting ensued and the French finally managed to establish a foothold on the right bank of the Danube.
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Fierce fighting at close quarters, involving rifles, bayonets, shotgun, hand grenades and tomahawks, took place over the newly built parapet and in the boundary trench and lasted until daylight when British reinforcements arrived from Redoubt No. 1.
Fierce fighting broke out between the nativists and the soldiers sent to protect the church, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries.
Fierce fighting ensued, and the Highlanders were relieved by Le Régiment de Maisonneuve on 1 November.
Fierce fighting raged all day, but eventually the increasing Japanese numbers, as well as their artillery, planes and military intelligence began to exploit gaps in the Australian lines.
Fierce fighting began ; the town changed hands five times.
Fierce resistance was again offered by German troops defending the area, and fighting continued until 7 November.
Fierce hand-to-hand fighting ended with the death of the last defender.
Fierce fighting, however, ensued and Delhi was not fully retaken until 20 September.
Fierce fighting took place here between Israeli and Jordanian forces, culminating in an Israeli victory.
Fierce fighting ensured for the next week, but on 27 February the Boer morale broke and they left the battlefield.
Fierce fighting continued, the BEF continuing to withdraw further until the order was given for them to withdraw to Dunkirk in northern France.
Fierce fighting continued all around especially in the Weidendammer Bridge area.
Fierce fighting developed as the Kiowa, Plains Apache, and Comanche warriors repeatedly attacked Carson's position.
Fierce fighting ensued as wave after wave of tanks and infantry charged the troop.
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Fierce battles between Lanna and Ayutthaya also constantly took place and Chiang Mai was eventually subjugated, becoming Ayutthaya's ' vassal '.
Fierce air battles took place at the beginning of November 1940, during the British offensive against the Italian forts of Gallabat and Metemma, along the Sudan border.
Fierce combat took place along the grand canal at Mount street, where British troops were repeatedly ambushed and suffered heavy casualties.
Since its first publication, Coming of Age in Samoa was the most widely read book in the field of anthropology, until Napoleon Chagnon's " Yanomamö: The Fierce People " took the lead in sales.
Fierce fighting took place on Armistice Day 1918 – the Battle of Tulgas ( Toulgas ); The Kurgomin-Tulgas line the final defensive line in 1919.
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is an international performance festival produced by Fierce Earth that has taken place annually in and around Birmingham, England since 1997.
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Fierce fight that unleashed on the streets between Nazis and combined forces of the Red Army and the Home Army lasted for a few days.
Fierce and hard war between Fulk and the prince lasted four years, until at the request of the king of France a love-day was taken at Shrewsbury between the king and Jervard the prince, and
Fierce conflicts between the Greeks and Bulgarians started in the area of Kastoria, in the Giannitsa Lake area, and elsewhere.
" Fierce fighting in East Beirut broke out between the two, called the " Elimination War " on January 31, 1990.
Fierce gun battles between the LRA and government troops forced the LRA back into the surrounding countryside.
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Fierce resistance by police left almost fifty dead.
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Fierce resistance from the Corps ′ 1st Parachute Division — commanded by Heidrich ( supported by intense artillery fire from the Coriano ridge in the hills on the Canadians ' left — brought their advance to a halt.
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